Pakuranga Plaza

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Pakuranga Plaza
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Pakuranga Plaza
Location Pākuranga, Auckland, New Zealand
Coordinates 36°54′46″S174°52′18″E / 36.912800°S 174.871745°E / -36.912800; 174.871745
AddressCnr. Ti Rakau Drive and Pakuranga Road
Opening date1965; 59 years ago
OwnerGYP Properties
No. of stores and services80+
No. of anchor tenants 2
Website pakurangaplaza.co.nz

Pakuranga Plaza (formerly Westfield Pakuranga) is a shopping centre in Pakuranga, Auckland, New Zealand.

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The centre features over 80 stores, including the major stores Woolworths and The Warehouse, although The Warehouse itself is external to the mall.

Originally opened in 1965 as the Pakuranga Town Centre, [1] the mall was one of the earliest malls in New Zealand, incorporating Farmers and George Court department stores. The mall itself has been transformed several times since it was first built and retains little of the 1960s style it once had (it was originally open to the air).[ citation needed ]

In a 2008 rating of New Zealand shopping centres by a retail expert group, Westfield Pakuranga received three out of four stars based on the criteria of amount of shopping area, economic performance, amenity and appeal as well as future growth prospects. It was noted to have received a relatively high rating even though struggling with major competition from Botany Town Centre and Sylvia Park. [2]

On 10 December 2012, the mall was sold to Ladstone Holdings Ltd and was renamed Pakuranga Plaza. The mall was resold in October 2014 to GYP Properties.[ citation needed ]

A busway station is to be built at the centre, as an intermediate stop on the Eastern Busway that will connect Botany Town Centre and Panmure railway station. [3]

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References

  1. "Auckland places - East Auckland - Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand". Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 5 March 2011. In 1965 the Fletcher Construction Company developed Pakuranga Town Centre and Tī Rākau Drive.
  2. Gibson, Anne (7 July 2008), From 'yahoo' to ho hum - how the shopping malls rate, The New Zealand Herald
  3. "Work starting on next stage of $1.4 billion busway in east Auckland". The New Zealand Herald . 26 October 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2018.